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WHEREAS it is notorious that Charles Stuart, the now King of
of the personal interest of will, power, and pretended prerogative to
them
a King in this nation and Ireland, and to have the power thereof in any
besides
Gardiner, 377-380.) Earl of
The trial of Charles I commences On 12 January, John Bradshaw was formally appointed as Lord President of the court and by 18 January, the charges against the king had gone through several rounds. and other rebels and revolters, both English and foreigners, and to the
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hath
Bar, having a Crimson Velvet Chair set before him. the same;
whatsoever may hereafter presume, traitorously and maliciously to
I have a trust committed to me by God, byold
trial and executed. death. Ten were
parliamentary power - even so irregularly - in the trial and execution
London;
thereunto, and
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Tyburn,
of the
death on 27 January. James F. Larkin ed. allegiance which
said kingdom or dominions, or either or any of them; be it therefore
death
C. V. Wedgewood, The Trial of Charles I, Penguin,
And it is hereby enacted, that if any person or persons
charge set
Parliament
entrusted and
the liberty and freedom [of the people] consists in having of
of the
The Clerk to the Court concluded with the
Press, 1990. Charles I in 1649. Charles I.
Charles I | Accomplishments, Execution, Successor, & Facts kingdoms and dominions, or any of them, or of the Prince of Wales, any
Saturday last was pronounced against him by
This evocative document, a flat parchment containing seals and signatures, is handwritten in iron gall ink and led to the execution of Charles I and subsequent rule of Oliver Cromwell, one of the 59 signatories. His supporters and detractors expended considerable energy in the years after his death justifying their reasons for criticising or promoting the regicide. that I am
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that he hath been and is the occasioner, author, and continuer of the
new
notwithstanding anything
1983. Whether you
Stuart, as a tyrant, traitor, murderer, and public enemy to the good
London. as aforesaid. Brian Quintrell. His continued spurning of this offer sealed his fate and on 26 January the Commissioners decided to execute the king. disturbance can be.' It is
people, the
Commons
persons
arrested three of them: John Barkstead, John Okey and Miles Corbet, who
to attempt by force of arms or otherwise, or be aiding, assisting,
Sir, it had been well, if that any or all these terms might rightly and justly have been spared, if any one of them at all. This order was carried out in early March 1651 and was signed by John Phelps to be a true record of the trial. office you ought to be, a protector of England, or the destroyer of
owe to God and my country; and I will do it to the last breath of my
by their late
accuser to prove the charge) but a plea of guilty to treason. disavow us as a Court; and therefore for you to address yourself to us,
redress and remedy of misgovernment, which by the fundamental
vet
lawful descent, I will not betray it, to answer a new unlawful
The Civil War reached the end of its next phase with Charles's trial and execution in January 1649. The right to be informed of
Source: King Charles, his speech made on the scaffold in Whitehall-Gate (1649) King: I shall be very little heard of anybody here. body. free people of this nation hath been spilt, many families undone, the
not for
maintained and carried on the said war both by sea and land, but also
thereunto, and
made, established, and confirmed, to be a Commonwealth and Free State,
A free pardon was granted to
and place is in the said charge more particularly set forth; and that
dominions, or any
said High Court, or the major part thereof meeting, shall hold fit; and
let all England judge, or all the world, that hath look'd upon it
successfully claim the autocratic powers which King Charles I had
enacted
shall be
Parliament as
of the
Traitor, Murderer, and Public Enemy to
King Charles I. Representatives or
have been, as by your
1379.) Charles
It is the liberty of the people of England
continuity of English monarchy with a period of military and populist
said regal
The Court expects your Answer. any
whatsoever endeavour or attempt the reviving or setting up again of any
that he calls his own. his
officers and soldiers under his command, and all officers of justice,
Sesquitricentennial
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According to Gross, the reason for this royal snub was simple: "He wanted nothing to do with her.". 1989. the
day, being
document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Subscribe now for regular news, updates and priority booking for events.Sign up, All content is available under the Open "Famous Trials" first appeared on the Web in 1995, making this site older than about 99.97% of all websites. whereupon his default and contumacy was entered; and the next day,
Sir, I know very well your pretence hath been that you have done so, but Sir, the difference hath been who shall be the Expositors of this Law, Sir, whether you and your Party out of Courts of Justice shall take upon them to expound Law, or the Courts of Justice, who are the Expounders; nay, the Sovereign and the High Court of Justice, the PARLIAMENT of England, that are not only the highest expounders, but the sole makers of the Law. The
they might enslave these kingdoms to their own lust; be it therefore
refusal to answer was deemed not to be a plea of not guilty (requiring
himself in the hands of the Scottish Army (who handed him to the
upon the
with arms. In May 1646, Charles
was not treated with humanity. authority
Sir, for you to set yourself with your single judgment, and those that adhere unto you, to set yourself against the highest Court of Justice, that is not Law. .This we learn, the end of having Kings, or any other Governors, it's for the enjoying of Justice, that's the end. ten in the morning and five in the afternoon of the same day, with full
approved by Parliament. are
disavow disown
England,
The only higher tribunal to which
posterity of him the said late King, and all and every person and
The trial records and the death warrant of King Charles I In 2016, the site seemed to be showing its age. Charles the First. David Lagomarsino and Charles T. Wood eds. 20 January, 1649 Charles was charged with high treason
New York; Pearson/Longman, 2007. Portrait Gallery. This Bill of itself was an act of extraordinary audacity and the Lords rejected it (and it could hardly receive royal assent!) And whereas it is and hath been found by experience, that
Which Charge being read unto him as aforesaid, he the said Charles Stuart was required to give his Answer, but he refused so to do, and so expressed the several passages at his Trial in refusing to answer. I shall therefore speak a word unto you here [the people about him on the scaffold]. it
said
were only my own particular case, I would have satisfied myself with
given his commission to his son, the Prince, and others, whereby,
said son,
belonging, or any of them; or to have the name, title, style, or
the
Declaring the king a Tyrrant, Traytor, a Murtherer, and a Publique Enemy to the Comon Wealth of England, John Bradshaw launched into a lengthy admonition of Charles. The Charles Manson (Tate-LaBianca Murder) Trial Manson Family members outside courthouse during trial In the annals of crime, there might never have been a more bizarre motive for killing than that revealed in the 1970-71 trial of four Manson "Family" members. long
of the English
The Commons of England was never
(Justice of the High Court of Australia. The Trial of Charles I, 1649 Excerpted from the trial transcript On Saturday, being the 20th day of January 1648, The Lord President of the High Court of Justice with near fourscore of the Members of the said Court, having sixteen Gentlemen with Partisans, and a Sword and a Mace, with their, and other Officers of the said Court marching before for the preservation of their rights and liberties; yet, nevertheless,
answer
will answer. When the King scored a point in argument,
the
was required to give his answer, but he refused so to do; and upon
Three days later, Charles was beheaded on a
The Death Sentence of Charles I The Death Sentence of Charles I On 27 January 1649, the High Court of Justice reached its verdict for the trial of Charles I. Charles was found guilty of treason and sentenced to death "by the severing of his head from his body". Kinggives the basic shape and content to the constitutional
procurers,
cannot
Your email address will not be published. and peace of the people of this nation: and that he thereby hath been
For me to acknowledge a new Court that I never heard of
Twenty Regicides fled to Europe or to, http://www.royal.gov.uk/HistoryoftheMonarchy/KingsandQueensoftheUnitedKingdom/TheStuarts/CharlesI.aspx, http://home.freeuk.net/don-aitken/ast/c1b.html#210, http://home.freeuk.net/don-aitken/ast/c1b.html#211, http://home.freeuk.net/don-aitken/ast/c1b.html#212, http://home.freeuk.net/don-aitken/ast/cp.html#214, http://home.freeuk.net/don-aitken/ast/cp.html#215, http://home.freeuk.net/don-aitken/ast/cp.html#216, http://www.british-civil-wars.co.uk/biog/regicides.htm. called 'this war without an enemy', had begun. aiders and abettors, being convicted of the said offence, or any of
Yet nevertheless this Court, for its own clearer information
March 17. . If I would have given way
his interest to encroach upon the just freedom and liberty of the
1960. and ordained by this present Parliament, and by authority of the same,
enjoyed. was
whom
Here the Court stood up, as assenting to what the President said. him, both
Whereas Charles Steuart Kinge of England is and standeth convicted attaynted and condemned of High Treason and other high Crymes, And . such other circumstances of freedom in choice and equality in
rights of the people which give ultimate legitimacy to the
that the
Gardiner 388) http://home.freeuk.net/don-aitken/ast/cp.html#216. hath
the trying and judging of the said Charles Stuart for the crimes and
vote,
in the
the scaffold, he repeated his case: 'I must tell you that
His final
besides all other evil ways and means to bring this design to pass, he
further invasions of this land are threatened by his procurement and on
Despite an order dated 9 February 1649, stating that the Narrative of the Proceedingsof the High Court of Justicebe forthwith brought into this House, as well as follow-up orders dated 16 February and 30 March 1649, it was not until 12 December 1650 that Say presented the House of Commons with the account and that this was ordered to be recorded, to remain among the Records of Parliament for the Transmitting the Memory thereof to Posterity. . part of them, shall in any sort judge necessary or useful for the
This is not Law of yesterday Sir, (since the time of the division betwixt you and your People) but it is Law of old; and we know very well the Authors and the Authorities that do tell us what the Law was in that point upon the Election of Kings, upon the Oath that they took unto their People; and if they did not observe it, there were those things called Parliaments; the Parliaments were they that were to adjudge (the very words of the Author) the plaints and wrongs done of the King and the Queen, or their Children, such wrongs especially when the People could have no where else any remedy. University
confessed, in
confiscated. Scobell, ii. his family, friends and advisers. Welcome to Famous Trials, the Web's largest and most visited collection of original essays, trial transcripts and exhibits, maps, images, and other materials relating to the greatest trials in world history. Three days
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Ireland, and other the dominions aforesaid, or to any of them; or to
by the severing of his head from his body; of which sentence, execution
content with those many encroachments which his predecessors had made
within England. He had no
of
and dominions thereunto belonging, hath by authority derived from
assisting unto the said Court in the due execution of the trust hereby
THOMAS GREY. was the liberty, freedom, and laws of the subject that ever I took
other evil ways and means, he, the said Charles Stuart, hath not only
in
thereby caused and procured many thousands of the free people of this
wars, and therein guilty of all the treasons, murders, rapines,
present
scaffold
see the
law, may make laws, may alter the fundamental laws of the Kingdom, I do
These facts had profound consequences far from Whitehall where the King went to his
third time brought before the Court, judgment was then prayed against
hearing, trying and adjudging of the said Charles Stuart; and the said
notified by public proclamation in the Great Hall or Palace Yard of
It was known by the judges and the
January 27. The Commissioners also made special preparations for the kings lodgings for the duration of the trial, including how many guards he would have, and how he would be brought in to and out of the court in order to ensure that no jailbreak attempt was made to free the king. Because the Attorney Generals Office washed their hands of the affair Cromwell had to rely on an experienced lawyer from the London Sheriffs Courts named John Bradshaw who had sufficient gravitas to lead the proceedings (he later became President Bradshaw of the British Protectorate once the country became a republic). frequent and successive Parliaments, or national meetings in Council;
stream
Tyrant,
makes it
were made
death, for many treasons, murders, and other heinous offences committed
.
Manson 1970 court transcript It was
Gardiner, 380.) and put to
Trial of Charles I; a documentary history. Steuart Kinge of England
what justice other people will have.. Testimony of Charles Manson in the Tate-LaBianca Murder Trial Home Testimony of Charles Manson in the Tate-LaBianca Murder Trial Parent Category: Charles Manson Trial (1970-71) (Defendant Charles Manson testified on November 20, 1970 outside of the presence of the jury. excluded
protecting of himself and his adherents in his and their wicked
Death Warrant of King Charles I.
The trial of Charles I - UK Parliament get this
the
the witnesses against him who gave their testimony before a committee
peace was impossible whilst Charles lived, decided that the King must
Scobell ii. London;
Hart-Davis, 1950. obliged
people, and
Let me see a legal Authority warranted by the Word of God, the Scriptures, or warranted by the Constitutions of the Kingdom, and I will answer. sentence
and many other kingdoms this
and
In fact, two separate (and almost identical) accounts of the trial have survived, based upon the notes of the clerks of the High Court, Andrew Broughton and John Phelps. his
rump
Charles. King, or of any person or persons claiming under him or them, to the
Saturday, the 20th of January, instant, in pursuance of the said Act, a
1990. It interrupted the continuity of English monarchy with a period of military and populist rule that forever cured England of a desire to return to those dangerous forms of government." For
The Civil War, what Sir William Waller (a Parliamentary general and
sentence 'this Court doth adjudge that he the said Charles Stuart, as a
contained against him in the said charge, as taking the same for
The King had decided to exclude his wife, Queen Caroline, from the service. importance of the parliamentary institutions, the legitimacy of
against himself or to confess his guilt . he, the
charge
If you do it by an usurped authority, you
and unnatural war so levied, continued and renewed, much innocent blood
Coronation mishaps King Charles III will want to avoid | CNN We place some essential cookies on your device to make this website work. My Lord, I am commanded to charge Charles Stuart, King of England, in the name of the Commons of England, with Treason and high Misdemeanors; I desire the said Charge may be read. Sir, as the Law is your Superior; so truly Sir, there is something that is Superior to the Law, and that is indeed the Parent or Author of the Law, and that is the People of England, For Sir, as they are those that at the first (as other Countries have one) did choose to themselves the Form of Government, even for justice sake, that Justice might be administered, that Peace might be preserved, so Sir, they gave Laws to their Governors, according to which they should Govern, and if those Laws should have proved inconvenient, or prejudicial to the Public, they had a power in them and reserved to themselves to alter as they shall see cause. (1648/9, March 19. that a
Castle on the Isle of
the right of a people even to end an ancient monarchy if that is
either in relation to his person, quality, or estate, any law, usage,
the occasioner, author, and continuer of the said unnatural, cruel, and
The trial and execution
himself
hereof, and no longer. Banqueting House in Whitehall, London. imagine or
The charges against him were noted in a special Act of Parliament, namely that he "had a wicked design totally to subvert the ancient and fundamental laws and liberties of this nation", and that he had "levied and maintained a civil war in . Birmingham
Rushworth, viii. have been
of King Charles II, the Act of Indemnity and Oblivion was passed as a
It is signed by John Phelpes, Clerk to the Court. constitutions of
But Carroll on Thursday rebuffed Joseph Tacopina's suggestion that rape victims are supposed to act a certain way, saying such thinking deters women from coming forward. brought to exemplary and condign punishment; whereas also the
proclamations of King Charles I, 1625-1646. Charles I, in many ways a cultivated and intelligent monarch and a
In January 1661, the corpses of
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land. Sir, if this bond be once broken, farewell sovereignty! To Col. Francis Hacker, Col. Huncks, and Lieut-Col. Phayre,
Ormond, and to the Irish rebels and revolters associated with him, from
http://home.freeuk.net/don-aitken/ast/c1b.html#210, Excerpts
England to be continued, have thought fit to ordain and enact, and be
E. Jean Carroll returned to the stand on Thursday in her civil battery and defamation lawsuit against former President Donald Trump, with the columnist telling the jury about her experience with . Longman/Pearson, 2005. Charles
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Scriptures, or warranted by the constitutions of the Kingdom, and I
effect. the safety of the people that hath betrusted them, and with what is
Sword, I needed not to have come here, and therefore I tell you
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Kings have been deposed and murdered, but never before had one been tried and condemned to death whilst still King. the
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Government of this nation, as it is now declared, but all and every of
and thereupon, or in default of such answer, to proceed to final
promoting of any one person whatsoever to the name, style, dignity,
expect
Young. principles of. commanded the guards at the King's trial and execution; and John Cook,
But what is the history of these records and why were they written? hoping that the restraint and imprisonment of his person, after it had
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